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The Official Newsletter of Cobb Electric Membership Corporation | JANUARY 2026
CELEBRATING THE 2025 COBB EMC WASHINGTON YOUTH TOUR DELEGATES In June, Georgia’s electric membership corporations (EMCs) sent their 60th—and largest ever—delegation of students to Washington, D.C., for the all-expenses-paid, weeklong Washington Youth Tour (WYT). Representing 38 Georgia EMCs, 116 high schoolers attended, along with 14 chaperones sent by co-ops and three representatives from Tucker-based Georgia EMC. Four students from Cobb EMC’s service territory represented the co-op and participated in this leadership and citizenship development experience in the nation’s capital. In addition, delegates also participated in Cobb EMC’s Youth Leadership Program, which aims to develop the students’ networking and leadership skills while learning about their electric cooperative and the community. When selected, the four students were also eligible to receive the George R. Ford Scholarship and apply for a paid internship as part of the Youth Leadership Program. Applications for the all-expenses-paid 2026 Washington Youth Tour leadership experience will be available spring 2026 at cobbemc.com/Scholarships. Highlights of last year’s event included stops at the Smithsonian Institution museums, the National Archives, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Arlington 2025 Washington National Cemetery and the World War II, Youth Tour Cobb EMC Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Luther representatives from left: Hamilton Fish; Ben Ostell; King Jr., Jefferson, Lincoln, Korean War and Nkenna Uzoho; Ishaan Saini. Vietnam Veterans memorials. On Capitol Hill day, students met with U.S. representatives in a congressional town hall, then spent time with U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock on the Capitol steps.
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